Entries Tagged as 'Disabled Preparedness'

The University of Maryland’s Center for Health & Homeland Security’s blog has an interesting post on shortcomings in emergency alert systems for the deaf and hard of hearing.
In the post, Nuclear Alert Sirens Fall Short For The Deaf And Hard Of Hearing,” Greg Sunshine points out that in the event of a radiological emergency, people [...]

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To mark today’s 20th Anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), FEMA Administrator shot a short video and wrote an article for CNN.com “Are Disabled Still At Risk In Disasters,” focusing on disabled preparedness which has been a priority of his tenure.

The video urges emergency managers to continue to better integrate the disabled into [...]

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Rich Cooper, a good friend of this blog, just posted an interesting and impassioned analysis/dispatch regarding the state of emergency preparedness for the disabled and special needs populationsÂ onÂ Security Debrief.Â Rich highlights the release of a new report,Â “Emergency Preparedness for Persons with Disabilities and Special Needs,”Â from the American National Standards Institute’s Homeland Security Standards Panel. The report [...]

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